The Krewe of Zeus, Metairie's oldest Mardi Gras season parading group but one that has lately run afoul of regulators, wants to roll its night parade on Ormond Boulevard and River Road in Destrehan next year. The krewe has applied for a permit from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office to parade Feb. 7, 10 days before Fat Tuesday.

That would be something new for St. Charles Parish's east bank, which hosts no Carnival parades. The parish's two local krewes, Lul and Des Allemands, sponsor daytime parades in Luling and Des Allemands on the weekend before Mardi Gras.

According to the application, the Zeus parade would include 300 people with bands, dance teams and marching groups, as many as 40 horses and mules and 100 or more vehicles such as floats, dune buggies and convertibles.

Staging would begin at noon. The parade would last from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Sheriff Greg Champagne said Monday he plans to meet with Zeus representatives this week to discuss their plans, and wants to hear from residents, particularly those in the Ormond subdivision near the proposed route. "My main concern is what the residents of the area feel," Champagne said. "Whatever way I decide will be weighed heavily on the way they feel. That's why I want to hear from them."

Champagne is asking residents to email comments. He said he's already received about 50 responses since posting the request on his Facebook page last week. He would not say whether the comments were for or against the permit.

The proposed route, said Champagne, would be from Ormond Plantation on River Road upriver to Ormond Boulevard. The parade would head north on Ormond Boulevard to Greenwood Drive, then U-turn and head back toward River Road and Ormond Plantation.

In his Facebook posting, Champagne said "like any Mardi Gras parade, this event will include large crowds, including their automobiles coming into the subdivision, as well as traffic congestion and restricted street access during the parade."

While St. Charles' current Carnival parades draw large crowds, they both are held during the day, have paraded for decades and are considered "neighborhood parades," Champagne said. "This is a little different," he said. "It's night time and it's a (major) Mardi Gras krewe. We are looking at it carefully."

Zeus did not parade in 2013 because of inclement weather. After its 2014 parade, Jefferson Parish administrators recommended revoking its permit for failure to meet the minimum participation requirements.

Calls to Zeus captain Brian Landry for comment on the St. Charles request were not immediately returned Monday.

Parish Councilwoman Carolyn Schexnaydre, whose at-large district includes the Ormond subdivision, said she's against a parade there. She said she has gotten calls from residents concerned about traffic congestion and the lack of parking along the proposed route.

"I'm not against parades, but I'm not sure how this would work out," Schexnaydre said. "Maybe River Road would be better than a residential neighborhood. I hope he thinks it through long and hard before he decides."

Another option if Zeus wants to parade in St. Charles, she said, would be to pair up with Lul or Des Allemands. "Those are already pre-planned, and they've been doing it for years," Schexnaydre said. "They have the route already worked out, and maybe they can just put in right behind one of those."